On Jun 24, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Danek Duvall wrote:
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 04:42:58PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote:
Of course, right now, the client doesn't handle magically
disappearing packages very well, so a better solution is needed.
I disable and remove depots all the time with no ill effects. Also,
if the
package only disappears to reappear under the aegis of another
publisher,
then will the client handle that any better than one just
disappearing?
It is mainly the catalog unexpectedly changing that is the issue.
search, in particular, doesn't like things disappearing from the
catalog and doesn't account for it (currently).
Removing things from the catalog in the suggested fashion also
eliminates the ability to do incremental updates and wipes out a
repository's updatelog.
You are correct that for installed packages, no ill-effects are likely
to occur other than a user being stuck with an orphaned package that
will not automatically be updated if it appears under the aegis of
another publisher.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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